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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Scart (condons and Clongibbon By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m); as hachured arc depicting scarp ENE->SW on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (30m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by low rise (max. H 0.6m). Break in bank to E (Wth 4m) and W (Wth 4.5m) with slight causeway. Low rise in NW quadrant of interior. Circular enclosure visible as shadow site of bank, with possible second bank NE->S, in aerial photograph (CASAP). Ringfort (CO018-048---) lies c. 28m to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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